User talk:Billinghurst/Archives/2011/December
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Auxiliary referencing
Hi there. It has bothered me for quite some time that we don't have protocols for how to handle "importation of references with text", i.e. what to do with, for example, DNB text references, both inline and end references, when adapting text to WP. Obviously putting in any such "auxiliary references" is entirely optional and should be because they help in some way; also quite evidently, they really come with a caveat that the references may not have been checked. The precedent for including them, however, is strong, going back to EB1911 adaptations. I'm after format that makes sense, going forward.
So, there are two issues here. I think inline refs that should be retained ought to be handled as under WP:REFGROUP, via {{reflist}}, which can mark them off from ordinary references. For the end references, the best option to me seems to be exemplified by the "quote=" field in {{cite DNB}}: this allows text containing such references to be placed wherever the main reference is, and readers don't really have to bother with reading the sources of the DNB article unless they are interested. (One can imagine in the longer term that the reader could be saved clicks in going back to basic sources, by having them linked direct from WP. I won't insist on that point, though.)
Anyway, we could agree to do this, via WP:WP DNB, for the DNB alone. There is really more of an issue, right now, with end references for the Catholic Encyclopedia adaptations (and there it is pretty useful to understand the sources of the text you're drawing on, or at least so I find). It looks to me as if adding the "quote=" field to {{CathEncy}} would not be a big deal; but I'm not an expert on these things. I wondered therefore what you thought about the whole business. Charles Matthews (talk) 12:26, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
- I have slapped together a mod into Template:CathEncy/sandbox. If you build the variations that you want into Template:CathEncy/testcases you will see how well we have done, and I can then go and further fix. Within the body of testcases I will build a couple of starting examples, and I encourage the creation of the gamut of live and proposed. 1) so you can see what is broken and 2) examples of what they will be like (or comment). — billinghurst sDrewth 11:36, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the good work!
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The Golden Wiki Award |
| Thanks for all your help reviewing unblock requests on unblock-en-l during November! By my count, you sent more responses this month than any other user, so you have earned the Golden Wiki Award! Congratulations! Hersfold (t/a/c) 04:04, 1 December 2011 (UTC) |
The Signpost: 05 December 2011
- News and notes: Amsterdam gets the GLAM treatment, fundraising marches on, and a flourish of new admins
- In the news: A Wikistream of real time edits, a call for COI reform, and cracks in the ivory tower of knowledge
- Discussion report: Trial proposed for tool apprenticeship
- WikiProject report: This article is about WikiProject Disambiguation. For other uses...
- Featured content: This week's Signpost is for the birds!
Sectional Dedication Award
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DeltaQuad's Sectional Dedication Award |
| Given to members of the community who take on huge backlogs several times, or maintaining a large part of a project. -- DQ (t) (e) |
You have been nominated by User:DeltaQuad for this award for your constant contribution to unblock-en-l. Thank you for your constant dedication to the project. -- DQ (t) (e) 01:39, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
The Signpost: 12 December 2011
- Opinion essay: Wikipedia in Academe – and vice versa
- News and notes: Research project banner ads run afoul of community
- In the news: Bell Pottinger investigation, Gardner on gender gap, and another plagiarist caught red-handed
- WikiProject report: Spanning Nine Time Zones with WikiProject Russia
- Featured content: Wehwalt gives his fifty cents; spies, ambushes, sieges, and Entombment
The Signpost: 19 December 2011
- News and notes: Anti-piracy act has Wikimedians on the defensive, WMF annual report released, and Indic language dynamics
- In the news: To save the wiki: strike first, then makeover?
- Discussion report: Polls, templates, and other December discussions
- WikiProject report: A dalliance with the dismal scientists of WikiProject Economics
- Featured content: Panoramas with Farwestern and a good week for featured content
- Arbitration report: The community elects eight arbitrators
The Signpost: 26 December 2011
- Recent research: Psychiatrists: Wikipedia better than Britannica; spell-checking Wikipedia; Wikipedians smart but fun; structured biological data
- News and notes: Fundraiser passes 2010 watermark, brief news
- WikiProject report: The Tree of Life
- Arbitration report: Three open cases, one set for acceptance, arbitrators formally appointed by Jimmy Wales
- Technology report: Wikimedia in Go Daddy boycott, and why you should 'Join the Swarm'
Block on range: 220.255.1.0/26
Hello, Billinghurst. Thanks for your message at [[User talk:JAmesBWatson#Block on range: 220.255.1.0/26}}. I've replied there. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:08, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
File:Offspring Blackall arms.gif needs authorship information
The media file you uploaded as File:Offspring Blackall arms.gif appears to be missing information as to its authorship (and or source), or if you did provide such information, it is confusing for others trying to make use of the image.
It would be appreciated if you would consider updating the file description page, to make the authorship of the media clearer.
Although some images may not need author information in obvious cases, (such where an applicable source is provided), authorship information aids users of the image, and helps ensure that appropriate credit is given (a requirement of some licenses).
- If you created this media yourself, please consider explicitly including your user name, for which:
{{subst:usernameexpand|Billinghurst/Archives/2011/December}}will produce an appropriate expansion,
or use the {{own}} template.
- If this is an old image, for which the authorship is unknown or impossible to determine, please indicate this on the file description page.